The deepfake election nightmare hasn’t happened. Singapore still wants to ban them. (restofworld.org)
People are having trouble following Harris’s campaign Twitter account (newrepublic.com)
Efficiently Manage Memory Usage in Pandas with Large Datasets (geekpython.in)
Google monopoly ruling: where the tech giant goes from here. (theconversation.com)
Patreon: adding Apple’s 30 percent tax is the price of staying in the App Store (www.theverge.com)
STORM: AI agents role-play as "Wikipedia editors" and "experts" to create Wikipedia-like articles, a more sophisticated effort than previous auto-generation systems (en.wikipedia.org)
A paper[1] presented in June at the NAACL 2024 conference describes "how to apply large language models to write grounded and organized long-form articles from scratch, with comparable breadth and depth to Wikipedia pages." A "research prototype" version of the resulting "STORM" system is available online and has already...
AltStore PAL drops its annual subscription thanks to a grant from Epic (www.theverge.com)
The Elon / Trump interview on X started with an immediate tech disaster (www.theverge.com)
Musk claims there was a DDOS attack on X — but The Verge is told there was not.
Google Meet’s latest update includes a new UI and in-call messaging (www.theverge.com)
Google’s Meet app is getting a few more features designed for calls. Meet, the videocalling app Google rolled Duo into a couple of years ago, is designed to handle both meetings and personal video calls. The update, which will roll out over the coming months, focuses on the personal side. It offers an updated UI and features...
SoftBank's Intel AI processor plans in doubt as insiders say it is now considering a TSMC partnership (www.tomshardware.com)
How ‘Deepfake Elon Musk’ Became the Internet’s Biggest Scammer (www.nytimes.com)
Custom ROMs have had just about enough of being Android's second-class citizens (www.androidauthority.com)
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Is AI Going to Replace Software Engineers? (www.proofnews.org)
Instagram Isn’t Protecting Women Politicians From Hate Speech (www.wired.com)
Google is discontinuing the Chromecast line (www.theverge.com)
Offensive names dot the American street map − a new app provides a way to track them. (theconversation.com)
LILYGO T-Deck Plus is a $70 handheld with GPS, LoRa, and a BlackBerry keyboard - Liliputing (liliputing.com)
cross-posted from: lemm.ee/post/39601325
Self-driving Waymo cars keep SF residents awake all night by honking at each other (arstechnica.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/18626085
Crunchyroll is trying to turn India into a nation of anime lovers. (restofworld.org)
Security Issues in Matrix’s Olm Library. (soatok.blog)
I don’t consider myself exceptional in any regard, but I stumbled upon a few cryptography vulnerabilities in Matrix’s Olm library with so little effort that it was nearly accidental....
Meta shutters tool used to fight disinformation, despite outcry (www.npr.org)
OpenAI has built a text watermarking method to detect chatgpt written content (www.tomshardware.com)
Am I missing something? The article seems to suggest it works via hidden text characters. Has OpenAI never heard of pasting text into a utf8 notepad before?
Hyundai and Kia car thefts fall sharply after software upgrade, study finds (www.cbsnews.com)
A social media trend, dubbed the “Kia Challenge,” has appeared to compound the automakers’ problems in recent years, with people posting videos showing how to steal Hyundai and Kia cars. At its height, the Kia Challenge was linked to at least 14 reported crashes and eight fatalities, according to figures from the National...
YouTube Not Accessible Across Russia. (www.rferl.org)
Researcher finds a way to invisibly reverse Windows updates (web.archive.org)
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